The Yes (Prime) Minister Files - The Grand Design. First airtime BBC: 9 January 1.
Length: 3. 0 minutes. Cast. Crew. Details Will be added soon. Details Will be added soon. There. General Howard shows Jim Hacker Britain's nuclear button of 1. And with the intended purchase of the new Trident. Britain will have even more nuclear striking. The General also informs Jim Hacker that the present. Russian invasion for 7. This means Jim would have only 1. Summary of Leibniz's main ideas, including 'The Idea of Truth' or 'Problems of Freedom, Sin and Evil'. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Site about the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister. Features episode guide, extensive database, photos, video/dvd/book information, quotes in RealVideo, current TV broadcasts and much more. Ghostwalking in Titanic Wandering room to room through the sunken wreck, the explorer and filmmaker finds himself at home among the spirits. Jim Hacker is disturbed by this news. Together with Bernard he. British Defence. Bernard reveals. Britain cannot rely on the other NATO armies, and that when. Bernard advises Jim to have a talk with the. Chief Scientific Adviser about this. Jim. soon realises that he would only push the nuclear button if he. But because of the Russians using salami. Now Jim gets a great. Trident, use the money to build a. Britain's defence, unemployment and education problems in. He calls it Hacker's Grand Design. Sir Humphrey however points out that no PM. Jim is not. satisfied and demands Sir Humphrey takes care of solving this. Then Jim tells Sir Humphrey of his new plan: Hacker's. Grand Design. Sir Humphrey is bewildered about this plan and. He tries to convince Jim about the. Trident. He even tries the argument that. Britain deserves the best and Trident is the best. Jim Hacker. however is not convinced. Later on at a reception Jim Hacker sounds out General Howard. Trident. The General is in favour because Britain. When the General later learns from Sir Humphrey. Trident. also would mean a reintroduction of. Trident changes. immediately. Sir Humphrey promises him he will try to slow Jim. Hacker down regarding canceling Trident. At the PM's Office Jim Hacker tells Sir Humphrey about the plans. American President in Washington. Sir Humphrey explains that he thought it would. American ambassador the. The ambassador told Sir Humphrey that if Britain is. After a victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last week, Wisconsin basketball head coach Bo Ryan announced his immediate retirement, stunning everybody in attendance. Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English writer and essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764. Trident, Jim Hacker would not meet with the President. Vice- President. Jim Hacker is shocked! His meeting. with the American President is vital for PR, but he also wants to. Then Humphrey tells Hacker he has. Something none of his predecessors ever. I probably wouldn't. But they can't certainly. Was Ron Jones pleased with his peerage? He. said his members would be delighted. I meant our. backbencher. I meant to give a peerage to Ron Jones. Ron Jones. It. will look like a job lot.? It is quite. simply the best. And Britain should have the best. In. the world of the nuclear missile it is the Saville. Row suit, the Rolls Royce Corniche, the Ch. It is the nuclear missile Harrods would. In fact, we did once get through to the. Kremlin, but only to a switchboard operator. He didn't. seem to speak much English.? I didn't read. that in the paper. The members just found a new bunker on the. While the PM is. suffering from jet- lag (in other words: sleeping), Bernard. Woolley is briefed by Sir Humphrey to stop the PM from announcing. Grand Design (canceling Trident and reintroducing. Hacker invites his Press Secretary Malcolm Warren to discuss his. Prime Minister. They decide the. Jim Hacker talking into the camera. Since. Hacker has little experience with this, Malcolm will set up a. Malcolm wants to know what the broadcast is. At first, Jim Hacker wants to talk about the. Grand Design. Sir Humphrey. Hacker not to mention the Grand Design, since it. Overseas Policy and Defence. Committee. Jim Hacker however first wants to put his Grand Design. House and Cabinet and then announce it in his. The practice session for the ministerial broadcast turns out to. Jim Hacker. Godfrey, the television. At the same time. Bernard is trying to change the text for the broadcast so it does. Trident. Godfrey mentions that. Jim Hacker. should wear a modern suit and the. Stravinsky as opening music. In fact, everything to disguise the. If on the other hand. Hacker will talk about the Grand Design then he should wear a. The. opening music would then be Bach. Bernard goes to see Sir Humphrey and tells him that Hacker is. Grand Design in the broadcast. The PM. thinks it will be a vote- winner because a Party poll has shown. Sir Humphrey advises Bernard to issue another poll. Bernard wonders how this can be done and Sir. Humphrey explains it (see Quote 1.). Sir Humphrey will. Permanent Secretaries will brief their. Ministers to oppose the Grand Design. All his Cabinet. colleagues who were previously in favour of it, now all seemed. The Foreign Secretary was talking about how it could. Soviets. The Defence Secretary was saying. Britain should have the best and Trident is the best. And. the Employment Secretary was raving about how conscription will. Sir Humphrey advises Hacker not to announce his Grand Design in. Bernard gives Hacker the results of the. Hacker now thinks it is best not to refer to the. Grand Design in the speech. So it is going to be the very modern. Stravinsky. Obviously you want to create a. So she starts asking you some questions: Mr. So they. don't mention the first five questions and they. So alternatively the. Woolley, are you worried. But in view of the doubts being. I propose that I recall that after careful. Committee. was that, while they considered that the proposal met with broad. With. them on you look authoritative and commanding. With. them off you look honest and open. Which do you. want? It is to make people believe. Britain is defended.! The. British Cabinet or the American President? I think it is the British Cabinet. But I. know I am in the minority. Sir Frank had. enormous difficulty convincing the Chancellor of opposing this. But in the end he used the convincing argument that the tax. Sir Humphrey has to rush off to his next urgent. At the cricket match Sir Humphrey gets awfully drunk in the VIP. British Tobacco Group (BTG). He asks the Chairman. BTG can sponsor some productions at the Royal Opera. House. The Chairman is happy to look into this. Sir Humphrey. thinks these BTG chaps are national benefactors. When Sir Humphrey goes to see Jim Hacker, they discuss the plan. Jim cannot. understand why the Chancellor opposed. Sir Humphrey however explains that the Treasury does. He argues that the Treasury's. In the view of the Treasury it is not the taxpayer's. The only way is to either get the. Treasury or the Chancellor to agree to the plan. Next, Jim Hacker is visited by Dr. Peter Thorn, the Minister for. Health. Thorn presents his plan to eliminate smoking: banning. Jim Hacker is astonished by this. Then he realises that he could use his. Thorn's plan to force. Treasury to. agree to his tax cut plan. Thorn to make some. When Jim Hacker tells Sir Humphrey about his support for Dr. Jim Hacker points out. Sir Humphrey argues that otherwise these people would. The Minister for Sports is also very concerned about these. Besides from sport sponsorships going down. He expresses these concerns. Jim Hacker. Jim Hacker - as Minister for Administrative. Affairs - has enjoyed the hospitality of BTG at many sporting and. Sir Humphrey will threaten to leak this. When Sir Humphrey however tries this strategy, Jim Hacker is not. He has enjoyed drinks at the Soviet Embassy and this. Russian spy, does it? Sir Humphrey had not. Jim than hints at his trouble with the Treasury to. Now Sir Humphrey understands that the. He decides to check with the Treasury whether. Thorn informs Jim Hacker about the extensive. Thorn. threatens to resign and tell the public Jim blocked his plan. Jim. quickly consults Sir Humphrey, who informs him that the Treasury. Thorn the job vacancy at. Treasury. Thorn, although hesitant at first, finally. This leaves a vacancy at the Department for. Health. Jim Hacker calls for the Minister of Sports and offers. He happily accepts this job promotion. Everything. is now settled and Jim Hacker got his tax cut. However, this Minister. Hacker's support yet. Smokers are national. Jim Hacker. confirms this, as he approved an office reorganisation plan. Sir Humphrey. Dorothy explains that the Civil. Service is trying to get her out of that office for three years. PM. As soon as. Jim realizes this he decides Dorothy must have her old office. When Bernard is arranging Dorothy to move back into her old. Sir Humphrey. He tells Bernard that she. PM. Furthermore, he orders Bernard to see to it. Number Ten without. To Jim he. explains that turning Dorothy's office into a waiting room is. PM's office. Finally. Jim Hacker agrees it should be a waiting room. When he informs Dorothy of his change of heart, she points out. Civil Service. He again takes a 'firm' decision to give. Dorothy her old office back. Then they turn to the topic of Sir. Humphrey. Dorothy points out that Sir Humphrey works in the. Cabinet Office, which is a different building, and the PM can. PM's Office. Also she suggests that Jim. Humphrey's job as Head of the Home Civil Service to. Sir Frank Gordon. It is already shared between Sir Frank and Sir. Humphrey. Jim thinks this is a brilliant plan. Sir Humphrey first wants to look into it whether. Then Jim turns to the topic of Sir Humphrey. Head of the Civil Service to Sir Frank would be a good idea. No decision is taken yet. When Jim goes into a meeting with the Permanent Secretary of the. Treasury, Sir Frank Gordon, he asks Bernard to make sure Sir. Humphrey doesn't interrupt. Formally, the Cabinet Secretary has. Number Ten. Jim instructs. Bernard to enforce this formality. During the meeting, in which. Sir Frank is in favour of making him the sole Head of the Home. Civil Service, Sir Humphrey however drops in. Jim is angry that. Bernard didn't prevent this and instructs him to take away Sir. Humphrey's key to Number Ten. When Sir. Humphrey phones asking permission to come over to Number Ten. Bernard refuses this. However, Sir Humphrey has a spare key and. Number Ten. After this, Bernard orders. Cabinet. Office and Number Ten. Later on Sir Humphrey phones again to ask permission to come over. Number Ten, and Bernard refuses again. This time Sir Humphrey. Cabinet Office and Number. Ten. So he tries to enter by the front door. He is stopped. however by a police officer, and because he has no Number Ten.
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